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Open Competitions

Art Works
This NEA program, newly restructured in 2011, encourages and supports creation, engagement, learning and livability in communities.
ASPB Education Foundation
Accepting applications for projects that increase understanding of plant biology. Can include development of instructional materials and use of media. Deadline: June 6, 2013.
Business Roundtable K-12 Education Philanthropy Initiative
BRT intends to identify research-and evidence-based high peforming K-12 programs that address critical education and workforce preparedness issues.
Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
The Foundation has a strong interest in early childhood education and the achievement gap. Competitive grant deadline in September.
Knight Community Information Challenge
Accepting applications for local news and information initiatives from May 1 to July 1 2013. Includes a focus on projects that improve the way that people and governments interact.
Project VoiceScape Funding Opportunity for PBS Member Stations
PBS Member Stations can apply for funding from this project to work with schools and other organizations to promote youth-created media.
Project:Connect - Summer Youth Programming Competition
The MacArthur Foundation will provide a total of $150,000 for youth projects, including journalism and communication labs, to make the online experience more civil, safe and empowering.
School Leadership Program
Funds from this Department of Education program will assist high-need LEAs in recruiting and training principals and assistant principals.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program
NSF will make grants of up to $2 million for projects that increase the number of students receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in STEM.

Rolling Deadlines

RGK Foundation
This foundation gives nationally to support education, literacy, STEM learning and health.
Rhode Island Foundation
This Foundation has a signature initiative focused on dropout prevention in Rhode Island, is interested in using the arts in schools, and has a history of funding public media.
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
With a long-standing interest in journalism, the foundation has launched “Why News Matters,” a $6 million initiative aimed at improving news literacy.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors make grants nationally on a variety of issues.
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Supports public broadcasters through their arts and culture funding area. Giving primarily in Boston and Pittsburgh.
San Francisco Foundation
Supports public media projects in the five counties in California served by the foundation. Priority areas include education, environment, community health, arts and culture.
Santa Fe Community Foundation
Education and the achievement gap are high priorities for this foundation, which sees itself as a leader in tackling community needs.
Seattle Foundation
This community foundation has a special interest in media. Giving is limited to King County, WA.
Sparkplug Foundation
No support for film or video, but a good fit for smaller community radio stations, especially those that serve diverse populations.
Sprint Foundation
National giving supports K-12 education and diversity. Local giving supports youth-focused social messaging campaigns.
Surdna Foundation
Has a strong history of supporting public media initiatives, especially those that engage young people in public life.
Tiger Woods Foundation
Supports education and youth development for children 8-18 and year-round programs that enhance learning.
Triangle Community Foundation
This community foundation has supported public broadcasters in the four North Carolina counties that it serves.
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
Supports nonprofit organizations in the priority areas of affordable housing and economic opportunity, education and artistic and cultural enrichment.
USA Funds
Grants are made for postsecondary education readiness, access and success. Good candidate for American Graduate.
Vermont Community Foundation
Supports organizations working in Vermont, on a wide variety of topics, including arts, cultural heritage, social justice, hunger, and animal welfare.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Supports public media projects that address key areas: educated kids, healthy kids, secure families, racial equality, and civic engagement.
Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation
This corporate foundation supports a variety of television and radio projects in the areas of arts, education and community development.
William B. and Saramel Crooks Foundation
The foundation supports public media in Mississippi.
Women’s Impact Fund
This funder supports “high-impact” projects serving Mecklenburg County, NC.
Youthprise
Youthprise funds Minnesota projects that promote innovative learning opportunities beyond the classroom.

WEBINARS/CONFERENCE CALLS

Building a Strong Art Works Proposal for the National Endowment for the Arts
Watch the recording and download the resources from this May webinar on NEA's Art Works program and other NEA Media Arts grant opportunities. Air Date: May 29, 2013.
Strategies for Grantseeking Success: Building for the Future
Watch the recording from this webinar in the Grant Center's Strategies for Grantseeking Success series for tips on building long term relationships with foundations. Air Date: January 29,...

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